Hello all,
I am new to this forum. There are bunch of great info from you great guys here.
I'm driving a Kia Picanto, which is not available in US, 1.1l gasoline engine.
I have the engine break in after 2 mineral oil change at 5000km and 10000km (sorry guys, I'm using metric here). At 10000km oil change I poured in Redline full synthetic 10W30 and mow my odo reads 17500km. According to Redline website, it claims that their engine oil can last for 18k miles, which is about 30000km. Till now I have used the oiil for about 7500km, 80% city drive and 20% freeway non stop constant at about 4k RPM, 4hrs drive for every long distance trip. I've checked the dip stick, the oil seems to have a lot of black particles.
My concern is, should I do an oil change before going for another long distance trip or can I still continue to drive till 30000km before the next oil change?
Thanks for your help guys.
I am new to this forum. There are bunch of great info from you great guys here.
I'm driving a Kia Picanto, which is not available in US, 1.1l gasoline engine.
I have the engine break in after 2 mineral oil change at 5000km and 10000km (sorry guys, I'm using metric here). At 10000km oil change I poured in Redline full synthetic 10W30 and mow my odo reads 17500km. According to Redline website, it claims that their engine oil can last for 18k miles, which is about 30000km. Till now I have used the oiil for about 7500km, 80% city drive and 20% freeway non stop constant at about 4k RPM, 4hrs drive for every long distance trip. I've checked the dip stick, the oil seems to have a lot of black particles.
My concern is, should I do an oil change before going for another long distance trip or can I still continue to drive till 30000km before the next oil change?
Thanks for your help guys.